First, I was in Savannah, GA for several days for work. I work with the Association for Paroling Authorities International, and their Annual Training Conference was in Savannah. Savannah is a beautiful place; however, I did not have much time or energy to explore it. Our hotel was on the river and so the view was wonderful. I did have pictures; however, they were taken on my phone and I had a mild catastrophe with my phone there and lost all but one picture.
This picture was taken after a short shower one afternoon. Throughout the day, it had rained off and on, but this was the first rainbow I had a chance to see. So pretty!
Less than 24 hours after getting back from Savannah, we left for Dallas to see my wonderful future sis-in-law, Kaitlin, graduate from Northwood University. Russell, Colleen, and I had the opportunity to meet Kaitlin's family and they may be a rowdy bunch, but they are very entertaining, and great to be around! They are actually from the Kirbyville area and are owners/operators of a meat market in Jasper.
On our way to Dallas for the graduation, we ran into an awful hail storm that did some minor damage to my car with dings and cracked my bug shield. We ended up pulling off on the shoulder along with around 10 or so other cars to minimize the impact of the hail. After getting going again, Russell looked in the rearview more and we saw a nice big rainbow.
After the graduation on Friday, we drove to Tyler on Saturday, so Russell could shoot a field tournament. While Russell was shooting, I got to meet up with an old neighbor and her two kids. Brooke (Barrington) has two young kids, an almost 3 year old and a 5 year old. Colleen had played with them a couple of times before and they always have a great time. Brooke told me about a great place called Brookshire's World of Wildlife Museum. They have lots of animal mounts and a nice playground for kids of all ages. Colleen had a great time! She climbed things very tall without fear and one woman commented on her determination to try and reach some monkey bars by finding a huge rock and moving it under the bars to step on to reach them. I have always called her my "fearless wonder" and she continues to hold that nickname!
I will end this post with one more picture and comment. I am lucky to have one of the best daycare teachers there could ever be in Ms. Patty. She always takes great care of my Colleen and keeps me in the know of all she does. Every once in a while, Ms. Patty finds time to take pictures and send them to me. This past Thursday was the first water day at her school for the summer and Colleen LOVES water day, as you can tell (thank you Patty for this great pic!).
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